Its story

HIP 79763 has a visual magnitude of about 7.54: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79763: right ascension 16h 16m 46s, declination −8° 25′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 79763. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79763, HD 146454, Gaia DR3 4345746767358388736. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.